I really don’t care how good or bad a player Malik was (he was terrible lol). Plenty of great coaches who weren’t great players.
But I never saw Malik as a future coach. He was never a grinder, was never a film rat, didn’t get serious about football until the starting role was thrust on him by default. That’s not the stuff legends are made of.
I have zero QB experience. But anyone could tell Richt was dumbing that offense down to high school level schematically not only because of Malik’s poor arm and accuracy, but also because Malik lacked fundamentals.
If you’re going to have a private coach, get a guy who is a natural perfectionist and true student of the game.